Chrysti The Wordsmith: Toponyms - 5

I'm Christie the wordsmith lately on this series we've been studying top names or words originating in places we've looked at Cheddar the cheese name for its place of origin in Cheddar England daiquiri from a village of the same name in Cuba and dollar inspired ultimately by a silver mine in ya comes tall Bohemia the top him in today's wordsmith spotlight is labyrinth a word referring to a maze the words birthplace is the Mediterranean island of Crete where according to Greek mythology live the terrifying minute tar half man half bull who demanded human flesh for his supper. The king of Crete minus imprisoned them in a tar in a maze so complicated that its architect could scarcely find his own way out of it. The edifice of convoluted passages was known as the labyrinth and only one person came out of it alive. Festus was a Greek hero who was summoned to find and kill the odious Mina tar. He unwound a spool of golden thread as he traveled the

maze in search of the beast. After slaying them in a tar Fessio retraced his steps out of the labyrinth following the golden thread the term labyrinth is with us today a word referring to a bewildering array of passages and entanglement or a confusing set of concepts. It's atop a nym or place name from the original labyrinth on the Mediterranean island of Crete. I'm Christie the wordsmith Christie the wordsmith is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry. Pseud web dot com.